Sounds and Sweet Airs

Instrumentation: Baritone, Clarinet, Horn, Cello, PianoText: William ShakespeareComposer: Chris BrammeldI. While you here do snoring lieII. That when I waked…III. I shall no more to seaIV. Full fathom fiveSettings of songs and text from The Tempest, by William Shakespeare. These pieces are written in an advanced tonality, making use of tonal and atonal techniques, and as such are suitable for professionals and advanced students. They are highly dramatic and effective, and can be performed in a concert setting of as part of a production. Sounds and Sweet Airs was first performed in Sheffield in 2011 by the University of Sheffield New Music Ensemble, directed by George Nicholson.